Re:[cayugabirds-l] lake birds

[bilbaker]

Oops...actually that trip was yesterday, Wednesday,  not Sunday. 

Bill
Baker

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[cayugabirds-l] lake birds

[bilbaker]

To add to the list of birds seen on lake trips the last few days- on a
Sunday trip up the lake Shannon and I found a female WOOD DUCK on the Mill
Pond in Union Springs. The only other birds we found that was not mentioned
previously were the 3 Turkey Vultures we saw on Seybolt Rd (Town of Varick
if I remember correctly). We found Red-winged Blackbirds in various places,
 and at least for me perhaps the nicest find was the E. Bluebird we saw
sitting on a wire on Ellis Hollow Rd about 1000 ft from Rt. 79.

Bill
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[cayugabirds-l] Green-winged Teal

[bob mcguire]

On a drive up the lake to take site photos, I stopped at Ladoga. Birds  
of special note were one male Green-winged Teal and three Northern  
Pintails.


In Aurora Bay there were 16 very distant Horned Grebes.

I did not find the female shoveler at factory Street Pond but did see  
a female Ruddy Duck there along with several Hooded Mergansers.


Bob McGuire



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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Why don't RTHA eat all the pheasants at the game farm?

[Linda Orkin]

> I am referring to intentional release. They would not be able to remove all 
> those plastic "eyeglasses" that are threaded through their nostrils from all 
> the birds. It would be impractical. At least that is the info that was 
> provided last year when someone posted a picture of a dead one she had found. 
> I was quite amazed and appalled when I heard this. Talk about "sitting 
> ducks".  
> 
> I would welcome corrections on this if I am mistaken. 
> 
> Thanks Candace for stimulating thought and discussion. 
> 
> Linda
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On Mar 3, 2011, at 6:24 PM, Candace Cornell  wrote:
> 
>> Thank you all for your replies to my question!
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> I made an error in my initial email. Ring-necked Pheasants (RNEP) are one of 
>> many food sources for RTHA and not a preferred food.
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> Per Tim: “Like sitting ducks” is the metaphor I use when I'm at the Game 
>> Farm.
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> John Confer brought up a good point. Since opportunistic GHOW will feed on 
>> RNEP, I imagine they must also take advantage of the high concentration of 
>> rodents and captive RNEP at the Game Farm.
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> Linda: The Game Farm doesn’t intentionally release the RNEP with the 
>> blinders on, do they? Are you referring to escapees?
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> At 13:30 today (clear, calm, 23 degrees F) there were about 16 RTHA 
>> pen-sitting with at least 23 more in near by trees. A BALD EAGLE was soaring 
>> over the fields west of Game Farm Road/south of McGowan Woods.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Good Birding, Folks!
>> 
>> Candace
>> 
>>  
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 12:22 PM, Candace Cornell  wrote:
>> This may be a naive question, but why don’t the large number of Red-tailed 
>> Hawks (15-60+), which keep vigil at the Ring-necked Pheasant pens on Game 
>> Farm Road in Ithaca, decimate the pheasant population? According to the BNA, 
>> Ring-necked Pheasant is one of their preferred foods and I've seen them 
>> eating what looks pheasant entrails within the pens.
>> 
>> 
>> Candace Cornell
>> 
>> 
>> 

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Re:[cayugabirds-l] Why don't RTHA eat all the pheasants at the game farm?

[Candace Cornell]

Thank you all for your replies to my question!



I made an error in my initial email. Ring-necked Pheasants (RNEP) are *one
of many* food sources for RTHA and not a *preferred *food.



Per Tim: “Like sitting ducks” is the metaphor I use when I'm at the Game
Farm.



John Confer brought up a good point. Since opportunistic GHOW will feed on
RNEP, I imagine they must also take advantage of the high concentration of
rodents and captive RNEP at the Game Farm.



Linda: The Game Farm doesn’t intentionally release the RNEP with the
blinders on, do they? Are you referring to escapees?


At 13:30 today (clear, calm, 23 degrees F) there were about 16 RTHA
pen-sitting with at least 23 more in near by trees. A BALD EAGLE was soaring
over the fields west of Game Farm Road/south of McGowan Woods.


 Good Birding, Folks!

Candace








On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 12:22 PM, Candace Cornell  wrote:

> This may be a naive question, but why don’t the large number of Red-tailed
> Hawks (15-60+), which keep vigil at the Ring-necked Pheasant pens on Game
> Farm Road in Ithaca, decimate the pheasant population? According to the
> BNA, Ring-necked Pheasant is one of their preferred foods and I've seen
> them eating what looks pheasant entrails within the pens.
>
> Candace Cornell
>
>
>

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RE: [cayugabirds-l] Why don't RTHA eat all the pheasants at the game farm?

[Kevin J. McGowan]

My son informs me that I have seen hawks eating mammals there, and even have a 
photo.  If I ever remember and find it, I will post it along with one of a hawk 
on a pheasant (I have a couple gory ones of those).  I do vaguely remember 
saying that I had proof of them eating both.

Kevin



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farm?

I don't think I've ever seen one of those hawks with a mouse or rat.  Lots of 
pheasants, though.

Kevin


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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Why don't RTHA eat all the pheasants at the game farm?

[Linda Orkin]

I just want to add this, which may cause more controversy or be disapproved
> by Chris, but I have heard there is close to a 99% mortality rate within a
> month for these pheasants when they are released and those blinders are not
> removed (at least according to list serve info from last year) and I can't
> imagine a one of us that would want to live in their circumstances, out in
> all weather, with blinders on, in incredibly close quarters and being
> "stalked" by around 60 hungry RTH who have been suffering themselves with
> snow covered fields for two months.
>
> But I will choose to take John Confer's perspective for now and be glad
> that the RTH can find some sustenance.
>
> Linda
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 4:39 PM, Kevin J. McGowan  wrote:
>
>> I don't think I've ever seen one of those hawks with a mouse or rat.  Lots
>> of pheasants, though.
>>
>> Kevin
>>
>>
>>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: bounce-8672579-3493...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:
>> bounce-8672579-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Tim Gallagher
>> Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2011 4:29 PM
>> To: cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu
>> Subject: RE: [cayugabirds-l] Why don't RTHA eat all the pheasants at the
>> game farm?
>>
>> True. I know those birds catch a lot of mice, etc., that are attracted
>> there by the grain. And Cooper's Hawks catch pigeons, starlings, and House
>> Sparrows there, which are also attracted by the grain.
>>
>> Tim Gallagher
>> Editor-in-Chief
>> LIVING BIRD
>> Cornell Lab of Ornithology
>> 159 Sapsucker Woods Road
>> Ithaca, New York 14850
>> (607) 254-2443
>> t...@cornell.edu
>> 
>> From: bounce-8672541-10557...@list.cornell.edu [
>> bounce-8672541-10557...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Bill Evans [
>> wrev...@clarityconnect.com]
>> Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2011 4:23 PM
>> To: cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu
>> Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Why don't RTHA eat all the pheasants at the
>> game farm?
>>
>> What I guess we don't know is what proportion of their diet it pheasant
>> versus rodent.
>>
>>
>> - Original Message -
>> From: "Linda Orkin" 
>> To: "Chris Tessaglia-Hymes" 
>> Cc: 
>> Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2011 4:11 PM
>> Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Why don't RTHA eat all the pheasants at the
>> game farm?
>>
>>
>> Yes. I totally agree Chris. And what a totally unnatural environment and
>> conditions, with those blinders on and totally exposed to all inclement
>> weather.
>>
>> Linda
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On Mar 3, 2011, at 4:03 PM, Chris Tessaglia-Hymes 
>> wrote:
>>
>> > Wouldn't these Red-tailed Hawks primarily be targeting the weak or sick;
>> > the
>> > ones that might die off (in this unnatural environment) anyway?
>> >
>> > --
>> > Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes
>> > TARU Product Line Manager and Field Applications Engineer
>> > Bioacoustics Research Program, Cornell Lab of Ornithology
>> > 159 Sapsucker Woods Road, Ithaca, New York 14850
>> > W: 607-254-2418   M: 607-351-5740   F: 607-254-1132
>> > http://www.birds.cornell.edu/brp
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > -Original Message-
>> > From: bounce-8672169-3488...@list.cornell.edu
>> > [mailto:bounce-8672169-3488...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Tim
>> > Gallagher
>> > Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2011 3:19 PM
>> > To: cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu
>> > Subject: RE: [cayugabirds-l] Why don't RTHA eat all the pheasants at the
>> > game farm?
>> >
>> > I've seen red-tails eating pheasants there several times, and the people
>> > who
>> > work there have told me that they often see them catch them.
>> >
>> > Tim Gallagher
>> > Editor-in-Chief
>> > LIVING BIRD
>> > Cornell Lab of Ornithology
>> > 159 Sapsucker Woods Road
>> > Ithaca, New York 14850
>> > (607) 254-2443
>> > t...@cornell.edu
>> > 
>> > From: bounce-8672008-10557...@list.cornell.edu
>> > [bounce-8672008-10557...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Bill Evans
>> > [wrev...@clarityconnect.com]
>> > Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2011 2:47 PM
>> > To: cayugabirds-l
>> > Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Why don't RTHA eat all the pheasants at the
>> > game farm?
>> >
>> > Has anyone ever seen a hawk take/eat a pheasant at the game farm?
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[cayugabirds-l] Bald Eagle on Game Farm Road

[Sarah MacLean]

About half and hour ago, Gaelyn Ong and I saw an adult Bald Eagle flying over 
Game Farm Road, near the East Hill rec trail. The crows in the area were 
certainly not very happy.

Sarah MacLean


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RE: [cayugabirds-l] Why don't RTHA eat all the pheasants at the game farm?

[Kevin J. McGowan]

I don't think I've ever seen one of those hawks with a mouse or rat.  Lots of 
pheasants, though.

Kevin



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Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2011 4:29 PM
To: cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu
Subject: RE: [cayugabirds-l] Why don't RTHA eat all the pheasants at the game 
farm?

True. I know those birds catch a lot of mice, etc., that are attracted there by 
the grain. And Cooper's Hawks catch pigeons, starlings, and House Sparrows 
there, which are also attracted by the grain.

Tim Gallagher
Editor-in-Chief
LIVING BIRD
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
159 Sapsucker Woods Road
Ithaca, New York 14850
(607) 254-2443
t...@cornell.edu

From: bounce-8672541-10557...@list.cornell.edu 
[bounce-8672541-10557...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Bill Evans 
[wrev...@clarityconnect.com]
Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2011 4:23 PM
To: cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu
Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Why don't RTHA eat all the pheasants at the game 
farm?

What I guess we don't know is what proportion of their diet it pheasant
versus rodent.


- Original Message -
From: "Linda Orkin" 
To: "Chris Tessaglia-Hymes" 
Cc: 
Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2011 4:11 PM
Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Why don't RTHA eat all the pheasants at the
game farm?


Yes. I totally agree Chris. And what a totally unnatural environment and
conditions, with those blinders on and totally exposed to all inclement
weather.

Linda

Sent from my iPhone

On Mar 3, 2011, at 4:03 PM, Chris Tessaglia-Hymes  wrote:

> Wouldn't these Red-tailed Hawks primarily be targeting the weak or sick;
> the
> ones that might die off (in this unnatural environment) anyway?
>
> --
> Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes
> TARU Product Line Manager and Field Applications Engineer
> Bioacoustics Research Program, Cornell Lab of Ornithology
> 159 Sapsucker Woods Road, Ithaca, New York 14850
> W: 607-254-2418   M: 607-351-5740   F: 607-254-1132
> http://www.birds.cornell.edu/brp
>
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: bounce-8672169-3488...@list.cornell.edu
> [mailto:bounce-8672169-3488...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Tim
> Gallagher
> Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2011 3:19 PM
> To: cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu
> Subject: RE: [cayugabirds-l] Why don't RTHA eat all the pheasants at the
> game farm?
>
> I've seen red-tails eating pheasants there several times, and the people
> who
> work there have told me that they often see them catch them.
>
> Tim Gallagher
> Editor-in-Chief
> LIVING BIRD
> Cornell Lab of Ornithology
> 159 Sapsucker Woods Road
> Ithaca, New York 14850
> (607) 254-2443
> t...@cornell.edu
> 
> From: bounce-8672008-10557...@list.cornell.edu
> [bounce-8672008-10557...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Bill Evans
> [wrev...@clarityconnect.com]
> Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2011 2:47 PM
> To: cayugabirds-l
> Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Why don't RTHA eat all the pheasants at the
> game farm?
>
> Has anyone ever seen a hawk take/eat a pheasant at the game farm?
>
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RE: [cayugabirds-l] Why don't RTHA eat all the pheasants at the game farm?

[Tim Gallagher]

True. I know those birds catch a lot of mice, etc., that are attracted there by 
the grain. And Cooper's Hawks catch pigeons, starlings, and House Sparrows 
there, which are also attracted by the grain.

Tim Gallagher
Editor-in-Chief
LIVING BIRD
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
159 Sapsucker Woods Road
Ithaca, New York 14850
(607) 254-2443
t...@cornell.edu

From: bounce-8672541-10557...@list.cornell.edu 
[bounce-8672541-10557...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Bill Evans 
[wrev...@clarityconnect.com]
Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2011 4:23 PM
To: cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu
Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Why don't RTHA eat all the pheasants at the game 
farm?

What I guess we don't know is what proportion of their diet it pheasant
versus rodent.


- Original Message -
From: "Linda Orkin" 
To: "Chris Tessaglia-Hymes" 
Cc: 
Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2011 4:11 PM
Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Why don't RTHA eat all the pheasants at the
game farm?


Yes. I totally agree Chris. And what a totally unnatural environment and
conditions, with those blinders on and totally exposed to all inclement
weather.

Linda

Sent from my iPhone

On Mar 3, 2011, at 4:03 PM, Chris Tessaglia-Hymes  wrote:

> Wouldn't these Red-tailed Hawks primarily be targeting the weak or sick;
> the
> ones that might die off (in this unnatural environment) anyway?
>
> --
> Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes
> TARU Product Line Manager and Field Applications Engineer
> Bioacoustics Research Program, Cornell Lab of Ornithology
> 159 Sapsucker Woods Road, Ithaca, New York 14850
> W: 607-254-2418   M: 607-351-5740   F: 607-254-1132
> http://www.birds.cornell.edu/brp
>
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: bounce-8672169-3488...@list.cornell.edu
> [mailto:bounce-8672169-3488...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Tim
> Gallagher
> Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2011 3:19 PM
> To: cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu
> Subject: RE: [cayugabirds-l] Why don't RTHA eat all the pheasants at the
> game farm?
>
> I've seen red-tails eating pheasants there several times, and the people
> who
> work there have told me that they often see them catch them.
>
> Tim Gallagher
> Editor-in-Chief
> LIVING BIRD
> Cornell Lab of Ornithology
> 159 Sapsucker Woods Road
> Ithaca, New York 14850
> (607) 254-2443
> t...@cornell.edu
> 
> From: bounce-8672008-10557...@list.cornell.edu
> [bounce-8672008-10557...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Bill Evans
> [wrev...@clarityconnect.com]
> Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2011 2:47 PM
> To: cayugabirds-l
> Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Why don't RTHA eat all the pheasants at the
> game farm?
>
> Has anyone ever seen a hawk take/eat a pheasant at the game farm?
>
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Why don't RTHA eat all the pheasants at the game farm?

[Bill Evans]

What I guess we don't know is what proportion of their diet it pheasant 
versus rodent.



- Original Message - 
From: "Linda Orkin" 

To: "Chris Tessaglia-Hymes" 
Cc: 
Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2011 4:11 PM
Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Why don't RTHA eat all the pheasants at the 
game farm?



Yes. I totally agree Chris. And what a totally unnatural environment and 
conditions, with those blinders on and totally exposed to all inclement 
weather.


Linda

Sent from my iPhone

On Mar 3, 2011, at 4:03 PM, Chris Tessaglia-Hymes  wrote:

Wouldn't these Red-tailed Hawks primarily be targeting the weak or sick; 
the

ones that might die off (in this unnatural environment) anyway?

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Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2011 3:19 PM
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Subject: RE: [cayugabirds-l] Why don't RTHA eat all the pheasants at the
game farm?

I've seen red-tails eating pheasants there several times, and the people 
who

work there have told me that they often see them catch them.

Tim Gallagher
Editor-in-Chief
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Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2011 2:47 PM
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Has anyone ever seen a hawk take/eat a pheasant at the game farm?

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Why don't RTHA eat all the pheasants at the game farm?

[Linda Orkin]

Yes. I totally agree Chris. And what a totally unnatural environment and 
conditions, with those blinders on and totally exposed to all inclement 
weather. 

Linda

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On Mar 3, 2011, at 4:03 PM, Chris Tessaglia-Hymes  wrote:

> Wouldn't these Red-tailed Hawks primarily be targeting the weak or sick; the
> ones that might die off (in this unnatural environment) anyway?
> 
> --
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> game farm?
> 
> I've seen red-tails eating pheasants there several times, and the people who
> work there have told me that they often see them catch them. 
> 
> Tim Gallagher
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RE: [cayugabirds-l] Why don't RTHA eat all the pheasants at the game farm?

[Tim Gallagher]

Maybe. But let's face it, those pen-reared pheasants are like sitting ducks or 
fish in a barrel--choose your metaphor. They're crammed in there by the 
hundreds and are pretty easy to catch.

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Subject: RE: [cayugabirds-l] Why don't RTHA eat all the pheasants at the game 
farm?

Wouldn't these Red-tailed Hawks primarily be targeting the weak or sick; the
ones that might die off (in this unnatural environment) anyway?

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Subject: RE: [cayugabirds-l] Why don't RTHA eat all the pheasants at the
game farm?

I've seen red-tails eating pheasants there several times, and the people who
work there have told me that they often see them catch them.

Tim Gallagher
Editor-in-Chief
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Cornell Lab of Ornithology
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Has anyone ever seen a hawk take/eat a pheasant at the game farm?

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RE: [cayugabirds-l] Why don't RTHA eat all the pheasants at the game farm?

[Chris Tessaglia-Hymes]

Wouldn't these Red-tailed Hawks primarily be targeting the weak or sick; the
ones that might die off (in this unnatural environment) anyway?

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Subject: RE: [cayugabirds-l] Why don't RTHA eat all the pheasants at the
game farm?

I've seen red-tails eating pheasants there several times, and the people who
work there have told me that they often see them catch them. 

Tim Gallagher
Editor-in-Chief
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Cornell Lab of Ornithology
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RE: [cayugabirds-l] Why don't RTHA eat all the pheasants at the game farm?

[Tim Gallagher]

I've seen red-tails eating pheasants there several times, and the people who 
work there have told me that they often see them catch them. 

Tim Gallagher
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From: bounce-8672008-10557...@list.cornell.edu 
[bounce-8672008-10557...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Bill Evans 
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Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2011 2:47 PM
To: cayugabirds-l
Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Why don't RTHA eat all the pheasants at the game 
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Has anyone ever seen a hawk take/eat a pheasant at the game farm?

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Why don't RTHA eat all the pheasants at the game farm?

[Asher Hockett]

Yes, the latter.

On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 2:47 PM, Bill Evans wrote:

>  Has anyone ever seen a hawk take/eat a pheasant at the game farm?
>



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Has anyone ever seen a hawk take/eat a pheasant at the game farm?
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RE: [cayugabirds-l] Why don't RTHA eat all the pheasants at the game farm?

[Meena Haribal]

John,
These are interesting hawk-tales. They are NIMBY phenomenon's.
This reminds of good and bad cholesterols. I have no idea what they are? As far 
as I am concerned cholesterol is cholesterol!

Had a good laugh and also made me think of science and scientists a bit.

Meena


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From: John Confer [mailto:con...@ithaca.edu]
Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2011 1:57 PM
To: Meena Haribal
Cc: cayugabirds-l
Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Why don't RTHA eat all the pheasants at the game 
farm?

HI Folks,

The only state-owned pheasant farm left in NY is our own on Game Farm Rd. 
The immediate factor that led to the close of the next to last game farm was 
budget concerns, (although there may well have been environmental reasons to 
close them.) Our pheasant farm was scheduled for closure, but the threat of 
declining hunting licenses may have kept it open.

By the way, until about 20 years ago the game farm controlled for hawk and 
owl predation by putting leg traps on the poles and then killing the captured 
raptors, which would have died of a broken leg, anyway.  By the way, did you 
know that Professor Allen wrote a small brochure (It's in the archives for the 
Cayuga Bird Club at Uris Library) about How to Kill the Bad Hawks (which meant 
those that take chickens and birds we like) without killing the good hawks that 
take mice and rats. About 15 years ago, Profesor Whittaker, the famous 
ecologist of the widely-used text, called up the Hawk Barn, while it was still 
in Ithaca, to say that they should come and capture the Cooper's Hawk feeding 
at his bird feeder or he would take care of the hawk himself. Yeah, values do 
change.

Cheers,

John Confer

On 3/3/2011 1:47 PM, Meena Haribal wrote:
Well, I was thinking Red tailed hawks were "organic feeders", they want free 
ranging pheasants.

Anyways, how come pheasants are preferred food? These are non native birds.  
And are there so many pheasant farms all around US?  May be the particular 
study that found  pheasant are preferred food, happen to have been conducted in 
Ithaca around game farm and does not reflect true preferences of RTHA

Just another query.

Meena


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Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2011 1:05 PM
To: Candace Cornell
Cc: cayugabirds-l
Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Why don't RTHA eat all the pheasants at the game 
farm?

Hi Folks,

I have talked with the Game Farm manager. He told me that they try to 
release about 130,000 pheasant each fall, that the captive flock starts in fall 
at about 35,000, and that they loose about 7000 to predation every year. Since 
the potential for the weight of snow and ice on the screen prohibit the use of 
screen on top for about 200 days of the year, that means about 35 eaten per 
day. This winter the count may be higher. There is the mega-number of hawks 
now, but when the first remove the over-the-top screen in early fall there 
aren't as many predators around, and before they but it back in spring, there 
aren't as many hawks then either. So, even though there may be more than 35 
eaten per day now, an average of 35 per day for the entire period of no-screen 
seems reasonable to me.

I must admit that I get some satisfaction from seeking hunting license 
dollars going to feed red-tails. After all, we birders loose the pleasure of 
seeing so many things due to hunting, it is nice to have some turn around.

I wonder how many owls eat there?

I wonder if juvenile red-tails have a lower efficiency of capture than the 
adults?

Cheers,

John




On 3/3/2011 12:22 PM, Candace Cornell wrote:

This may be a naive question, but why don't the large number of Red-tailed 
Hawks (15-60+), which keep vigil at the Ring-necked Pheasant pens on Game Farm 
Road in Ithaca, decimate the pheasant population? According to the BNA,  
Ring-necked Pheasant is one of their preferred foods and I've seen them eating 
what looks pheasant entrails within the pens.

Candace Cornell





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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Why don't RTHA eat all the pheasants at the game farm?

[Asher Hockett]

It seems like the Game Farm must have been in violation (unless they were
permitted otherwise) of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, as well as the
esteemed professor:

 Establishment of a Federal prohibition, unless permitted by regulations, to
"pursue, hunt, take, capture, kill, attempt to take, capture or kill,
possess, offer for sale, sell, offer to purchase, purchase, deliver for
shipment, ship, cause to be shipped, deliver for transportation, transport,
cause to be transported, carry, or cause to be carried by any means
whatever, receive for shipment, transportation or carriage, or export, at
any time, or in any manner, any migratory bird, included in the terms of
this Convention . . . for the protection of migratory birds . . . or any
part, nest, or egg of any such bird." (16 U.S.C. 703)

On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 1:56 PM, John Confer  wrote:

> HI Folks,
>
> The only state-owned pheasant farm left in NY is our own on Game Farm
> Rd. The immediate factor that led to the close of the next to last game farm
> was budget concerns, (although there may well have been environmental
> reasons to close them.) Our pheasant farm was scheduled for closure, but the
> threat of declining hunting licenses may have kept it open.
>
> By the way, until about 20 years ago the game farm controlled for hawk
> and owl predation by putting leg traps on the poles and then killing the
> captured raptors, which would have died of a broken leg, anyway.  By the
> way, did you know that Professor Allen wrote a small brochure (It's in the
> archives for the Cayuga Bird Club at Uris Library) about How to Kill the Bad
> Hawks (which meant those that take chickens and birds we like) without
> killing the good hawks that take mice and rats. About 15 years ago, Profesor
> Whittaker, the famous ecologist of the widely-used text, called up the Hawk
> Barn, while it was still in Ithaca, to say that they should come and capture
> the Cooper's Hawk feeding at his bird feeder or he would take care of the
> hawk himself. Yeah, values do change.
>
> Cheers,
>
> John Confer
>
>
> On 3/3/2011 1:47 PM, Meena Haribal wrote:
>
>  Well, I was thinking Red tailed hawks were “organic feeders”, they want
> free ranging pheasants.
>
>
>
> Anyways, how come pheasants are preferred food? These are non native
> birds.  And are there so many pheasant farms all around US?  May be the
> particular study that found  pheasant are preferred food, happen to have
> been conducted in Ithaca around game farm and does not reflect true
> preferences of RTHA
>
>
>
> Just another query.
>
>
>
> Meena
>
>
>
>
>
> Meena Haribal
>
> Boyce Thompson Institute
>
> Ithaca NY 14850
>
> Phone 607-254-1258
>
> http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/
>
> http://haribal.org/
>
>
> http://haribal.wikispaces.com/space/showimage/wildwest+trip+August+2007+.pdf
>
>
>
> *From:* bounce-8671320-3493...@list.cornell.edu [
> mailto:bounce-8671320-3493...@list.cornell.edu]
> *On Behalf Of *John Confer
> *Sent:* Thursday, March 03, 2011 1:05 PM
> *To:* Candace Cornell
> *Cc:* cayugabirds-l
> *Subject:* Re: [cayugabirds-l] Why don't RTHA eat all the pheasants at the
> game farm?
>
>
>
> Hi Folks,
>
> I have talked with the Game Farm manager. He told me that they try to
> release about 130,000 pheasant each fall, that the captive flock starts in
> fall at about 35,000, and that they loose about 7000 to predation every
> year. Since the potential for the weight of snow and ice on the screen
> prohibit the use of screen on top for about 200 days of the year, that means
> about 35 eaten per day. This winter the count may be higher. There is the
> mega-number of hawks now, but when the first remove the over-the-top screen
> in early fall there aren't as many predators around, and before they but it
> back in spring, there aren't as many hawks then either. So, even though
> there may be more than 35 eaten per day now, an average of 35 per day for
> the entire period of no-screen seems reasonable to me.
>
> I must admit that I get some satisfaction from seeking hunting license
> dollars going to feed red-tails. After all, we birders loose the pleasure of
> seeing so many things due to hunting, it is nice to have some turn around.
>
> I wonder how many owls eat there?
>
> I wonder if juvenile red-tails have a lower efficiency of capture than
> the adults?
>
> Cheers,
>
> John
>
>
>
>
> On 3/3/2011 12:22 PM, Candace Cornell wrote:
>
> This may be a naive question, but why don’t the large number of Red-tailed
> Hawks (15-60+), which keep vigil at the Ring-necked Pheasant pens on Game
> Farm Road in Ithaca, decimate the pheasant population? According to the
> BNA,  Ring-necked Pheasant is one of their preferred foods and I've seen
> them eating what looks pheasant entrails within the pens.
>
>
>
> Candace Cornell
>
>
>
>
>

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Why don't RTHA eat all the pheasants at the game farm?

[John Confer]

HI Folks,

 The only state-owned pheasant farm left in NY is our own on Game 
Farm Rd. The immediate factor that led to the close of the next to last 
game farm was budget concerns, (although there may well have been 
environmental reasons to close them.) Our pheasant farm was scheduled 
for closure, but the threat of declining hunting licenses may have kept 
it open.

 By the way, until about 20 years ago the game farm controlled for 
hawk and owl predation by putting leg traps on the poles and then 
killing the captured raptors, which would have died of a broken leg, 
anyway.  By the way, did you know that Professor Allen wrote a small 
brochure (It's in the archives for the Cayuga Bird Club at Uris Library) 
about How to Kill the Bad Hawks (which meant those that take chickens 
and birds we like) without killing the good hawks that take mice and 
rats. About 15 years ago, Profesor Whittaker, the famous ecologist of 
the widely-used text, called up the Hawk Barn, while it was still in 
Ithaca, to say that they should come and capture the Cooper's Hawk 
feeding at his bird feeder or he would take care of the hawk himself. 
Yeah, values do change.

Cheers,

John Confer

On 3/3/2011 1:47 PM, Meena Haribal wrote:
>
> Well, I was thinking Red tailed hawks were "organic feeders", they 
> want free ranging pheasants.
>
> Anyways, how come pheasants are preferred food? These are non native 
> birds.  And are there so many pheasant farms all around US?  May be 
> the particular study that found  pheasant are preferred food, happen 
> to have been conducted in Ithaca around game farm and does not reflect 
> true preferences of RTHA
>
> Just another query.
>
> Meena
>
> Meena Haribal
>
> Boyce Thompson Institute
>
> Ithaca NY 14850
>
> Phone 607-254-1258
>
> http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/
>
> http://haribal.org/
>
> http://haribal.wikispaces.com/space/showimage/wildwest+trip+August+2007+.pdf 
> 
>
> *From:*bounce-8671320-3493...@list.cornell.edu 
> [mailto:bounce-8671320-3493...@list.cornell.edu] *On Behalf Of *John 
> Confer
> *Sent:* Thursday, March 03, 2011 1:05 PM
> *To:* Candace Cornell
> *Cc:* cayugabirds-l
> *Subject:* Re: [cayugabirds-l] Why don't RTHA eat all the pheasants at 
> the game farm?
>
> Hi Folks,
>
> I have talked with the Game Farm manager. He told me that they try 
> to release about 130,000 pheasant each fall, that the captive flock 
> starts in fall at about 35,000, and that they loose about 7000 to 
> predation every year. Since the potential for the weight of snow and 
> ice on the screen prohibit the use of screen on top for about 200 days 
> of the year, that means about 35 eaten per day. This winter the count 
> may be higher. There is the mega-number of hawks now, but when the 
> first remove the over-the-top screen in early fall there aren't as 
> many predators around, and before they but it back in spring, there 
> aren't as many hawks then either. So, even though there may be more 
> than 35 eaten per day now, an average of 35 per day for the entire 
> period of no-screen seems reasonable to me.
>
> I must admit that I get some satisfaction from seeking hunting 
> license dollars going to feed red-tails. After all, we birders loose 
> the pleasure of seeing so many things due to hunting, it is nice to 
> have some turn around.
>
> I wonder how many owls eat there?
>
> I wonder if juvenile red-tails have a lower efficiency of capture 
> than the adults?
>
> Cheers,
>
> John
>
>
>
>
> On 3/3/2011 12:22 PM, Candace Cornell wrote:
>
> This may be a naive question, but why don't the large number of 
> Red-tailed Hawks (15-60+), which keep vigil at the Ring-necked 
> Pheasant pens on Game Farm Road in Ithaca, decimate the pheasant 
> population? According to the BNA,  Ring-necked Pheasant is one of 
> their preferred foods and I've seen them eating what looks pheasant 
> entrails within the pens.
>
> Candace Cornell
>


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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Why don't RTHA eat all the pheasants at the game farm?

[Asher Hockett]

I agree with Meena on the preferred food thing. Yet, it helps to remember
that there has been a huge proliferation in RTHA since the interstate
highway sysem was initiated and opened up a huge feeding opportunity for
them. Maybe there is some connection between the two species through that
link.

On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 1:47 PM, Meena Haribal  wrote:

>  Well, I was thinking Red tailed hawks were “organic feeders”, they want
> free ranging pheasants.
>
>
>
> Anyways, how come pheasants are preferred food? These are non native
> birds.  And are there so many pheasant farms all around US?  May be the
> particular study that found  pheasant are preferred food, happen to have
> been conducted in Ithaca around game farm and does not reflect true
> preferences of RTHA
>
>
>
> Just another query.
>
>
>
> Meena
>
>
>
>
>
> Meena Haribal
>
> Boyce Thompson Institute
>
> Ithaca NY 14850
>
> Phone 607-254-1258
>
> http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/
>
> http://haribal.org/
>
>
> http://haribal.wikispaces.com/space/showimage/wildwest+trip+August+2007+.pdf
>
>
>
> *From:* bounce-8671320-3493...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:
> bounce-8671320-3493...@list.cornell.edu] *On Behalf Of *John Confer
> *Sent:* Thursday, March 03, 2011 1:05 PM
> *To:* Candace Cornell
> *Cc:* cayugabirds-l
> *Subject:* Re: [cayugabirds-l] Why don't RTHA eat all the pheasants at the
> game farm?
>
>
>
> Hi Folks,
>
> I have talked with the Game Farm manager. He told me that they try to
> release about 130,000 pheasant each fall, that the captive flock starts in
> fall at about 35,000, and that they loose about 7000 to predation every
> year. Since the potential for the weight of snow and ice on the screen
> prohibit the use of screen on top for about 200 days of the year, that means
> about 35 eaten per day. This winter the count may be higher. There is the
> mega-number of hawks now, but when the first remove the over-the-top screen
> in early fall there aren't as many predators around, and before they but it
> back in spring, there aren't as many hawks then either. So, even though
> there may be more than 35 eaten per day now, an average of 35 per day for
> the entire period of no-screen seems reasonable to me.
>
> I must admit that I get some satisfaction from seeking hunting license
> dollars going to feed red-tails. After all, we birders loose the pleasure of
> seeing so many things due to hunting, it is nice to have some turn around.
>
> I wonder how many owls eat there?
>
> I wonder if juvenile red-tails have a lower efficiency of capture than
> the adults?
>
> Cheers,
>
> John
>
>
>
>
> On 3/3/2011 12:22 PM, Candace Cornell wrote:
>
> This may be a naive question, but why don’t the large number of Red-tailed
> Hawks (15-60+), which keep vigil at the Ring-necked Pheasant pens on Game
> Farm Road in Ithaca, decimate the pheasant population? According to the
> BNA,  Ring-necked Pheasant is one of their preferred foods and I've seen
> them eating what looks pheasant entrails within the pens.
>
>
>
> Candace Cornell
>
>
>



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RE: [cayugabirds-l] Why don't RTHA eat all the pheasants at the game farm?

[Meena Haribal]

Well, I was thinking Red tailed hawks were "organic feeders", they want free 
ranging pheasants.

Anyways, how come pheasants are preferred food? These are non native birds.  
And are there so many pheasant farms all around US?  May be the particular 
study that found  pheasant are preferred food, happen to have been conducted in 
Ithaca around game farm and does not reflect true preferences of RTHA

Just another query.

Meena


Meena Haribal
Boyce Thompson Institute
Ithaca NY 14850
Phone 607-254-1258
http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/
http://haribal.org/
http://haribal.wikispaces.com/space/showimage/wildwest+trip+August+2007+.pdf

From: bounce-8671320-3493...@list.cornell.edu 
[mailto:bounce-8671320-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of John Confer
Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2011 1:05 PM
To: Candace Cornell
Cc: cayugabirds-l
Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Why don't RTHA eat all the pheasants at the game 
farm?

Hi Folks,

I have talked with the Game Farm manager. He told me that they try to 
release about 130,000 pheasant each fall, that the captive flock starts in fall 
at about 35,000, and that they loose about 7000 to predation every year. Since 
the potential for the weight of snow and ice on the screen prohibit the use of 
screen on top for about 200 days of the year, that means about 35 eaten per 
day. This winter the count may be higher. There is the mega-number of hawks 
now, but when the first remove the over-the-top screen in early fall there 
aren't as many predators around, and before they but it back in spring, there 
aren't as many hawks then either. So, even though there may be more than 35 
eaten per day now, an average of 35 per day for the entire period of no-screen 
seems reasonable to me.

I must admit that I get some satisfaction from seeking hunting license 
dollars going to feed red-tails. After all, we birders loose the pleasure of 
seeing so many things due to hunting, it is nice to have some turn around.

I wonder how many owls eat there?

I wonder if juvenile red-tails have a lower efficiency of capture than the 
adults?

Cheers,

John




On 3/3/2011 12:22 PM, Candace Cornell wrote:

This may be a naive question, but why don't the large number of Red-tailed 
Hawks (15-60+), which keep vigil at the Ring-necked Pheasant pens on Game Farm 
Road in Ithaca, decimate the pheasant population? According to the BNA,  
Ring-necked Pheasant is one of their preferred foods and I've seen them eating 
what looks pheasant entrails within the pens.

Candace Cornell



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[cayugabirds-l] Lunchtime

[Linda Orkin]

On a run through the Ithaca City Cemetery at lunch time, a new yet
recognized sound. The trill of a Junco.  And near Beebe Lake, an extremely
high-pitched clear tone, two Tufted Titmice, flirtatiously fluttering their
wings at each other.

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Why don't RTHA eat all the pheasants at the game farm?

[John Confer]

Hi Folks,

 I have talked with the Game Farm manager. He told me that they try 
to release about 130,000 pheasant each fall, that the captive flock 
starts in fall at about 35,000, and that they loose about 7000 to 
predation every year. Since the potential for the weight of snow and ice 
on the screen prohibit the use of screen on top for about 200 days of 
the year, that means about 35 eaten per day. This winter the count may 
be higher. There is the mega-number of hawks now, but when the first 
remove the over-the-top screen in early fall there aren't as many 
predators around, and before they but it back in spring, there aren't as 
many hawks then either. So, even though there may be more than 35 eaten 
per day now, an average of 35 per day for the entire period of no-screen 
seems reasonable to me.

 I must admit that I get some satisfaction from seeking hunting 
license dollars going to feed red-tails. After all, we birders loose the 
pleasure of seeing so many things due to hunting, it is nice to have 
some turn around.

 I wonder how many owls eat there?

 I wonder if juvenile red-tails have a lower efficiency of capture 
than the adults?

Cheers,

John




On 3/3/2011 12:22 PM, Candace Cornell wrote:
>
> This may be a naive question, but why don’t the large number of 
> Red-tailed Hawks (15-60+), which keep vigil at the Ring-necked 
> Pheasant pens on Game Farm Road in Ithaca, decimate the pheasant 
> population? According to the BNA, Ring-necked Pheasant is one of their 
> preferred foods and I've seen them eating what looks pheasant entrails 
> within the pens.
>
>
> Candace Cornell
>
>


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[cayugabirds-l] Why don't RTHA eat all the pheasants at the game farm?

[Candace Cornell]

This may be a naive question, but why don’t the large number of Red-tailed
Hawks (15-60+), which keep vigil at the Ring-necked Pheasant pens on Game
Farm Road in Ithaca, decimate the pheasant population? According to the
BNA, Ring-necked Pheasant is one of their preferred foods and I've seen them
eating what looks pheasant entrails within the pens.

Candace Cornell

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[cayugabirds-l] Yesterday at the Game Farm

[Candace Cornell]

Nancy Ostman and I went to look at the Red-tailed Hawks at Cornell's game
farm yesterday from 13:15-13:45 (NW 29 G 37, 29 degrees F, clear). I was
curious to see how the winds would affect the hawk count and behavior. An
approaching Arctic cold front made it extremely windy as temperatures fell
rapidly. There were about 20 RTHA, down from 51 yesterday, with most flying
and soaring instead of perching, as usual, on the poles and fences around
the pheasant pens. The air was alive with RTHA and countless American Crows,
with at least a thousand starlings wheeling and alighting in the pens. Along
Stevenson Road, halfway between the pheasant pens and the compost piles, a
vast number of gulls and crows sailed on the wind, joined for a brief time
by two Turkey Vultures. Numerous small chevrons of Canada Geese flew by, or
rather, were blown by, as we watched the aerial mêlée. Closer to the compost
piles, gull and crow numbers tripled in the air and on the fields, with
crows also perched in the nearby trees. While we saw no unusual species, it
was exciting to be amidst such a vast number of black and white birds being
whipped about in all directions.


 Candace Cornell

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] redwings & cowbird & grackle

[Linda Orkin]

I had several Grackles at my feeders too, and one or two Redwings.  And the
sounds of them being carried on the icy air, along with a couple of
cardinals whistling insistently. Boy, singing in 3 degrees must be quite an
indication of fitness but I'll just take it as joy that the sun is bright
and the morning has come again.

On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 10:04 AM, Susan Fast  wrote:

>  This morning at our feeders we have 25 RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS, 1
> BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD, and 1 GRACKLE.  Stay tuned for possible exciting
> updates.
>
>
>
> S. & S. Fast
>
> Brooktondale
>

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[cayugabirds-l] redwings & cowbird & grackle

[Susan Fast]

This morning at our feeders we have 25 RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS, 1 BROWN-HEADED
COWBIRD, and 1 GRACKLE.  Stay tuned for possible exciting updates.

 

S. & S. Fast 

Brooktondale


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[cayugabirds-l] Monday Night Seminar: The Legend of Pale Male

[charles eldermire]

__
"The Legend of Pale Male"
Frederic Lilien
Cinematographer, Director

With clips from his latest film The Legend of Pale Male, filmmaker Frederic 
Lilien will explore how one single red-tailed hawk became a symbol of the 
successful immigrant, a model of fatherhood, an ambassador of the wild, a 
metaphor for freedom, and a cause célèbre in heart of New York City.

Lilien presents The Legend of Pale Male as a character study that chronicles 
how one special bird came to embody so much to so many.  

See the film, too! There will also be a special advance screening of The Legend 
of Pale Male on the following evening, *Tuesday, March 8*, at the Willard 
Straight Theater featuring Frederic Lilien. More information available at 
http://cinema.cornell.edu

Check out the flyer online at 
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and the trailer for the new movie at 
http://www.thelegendofpalemale.com/HOME.html


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Cayugabirds-L List Info:
http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME
http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES

ARCHIVES:
1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html
2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html
3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds

Please submit your observations to eBird:
http://ebird.org/content/ebird/

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